Binge-free challenge ~ Aug. 24 - 30
 

Good Monday morning, chickies! Let's make this a binge-free week. All are welcome!

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Yay! I'm ready to take this week by the horns!

I am completely restarting this week and I feel very positive this time around. It's a new week and there are big changes in our family and this is week one for a lot of things. Time to buckle down and get serious again.

I am in!

I am on day 3 of no bingeing. I'm going to check in everyday. That is my promise to myself.

Have a successful day chickies! :carrot:

I had a slip up yesterday, although I wouldn't really call it a binge... I dunno maybe I'm just fooling myself and I should own up to a binge. I didn't go completely off my rocker so I'm probably not recognizing it for what it was. Anyway... this week is a new week and I'm staying on my game :)

I'm Here!! I'm here!! Been good ALLL DAY!!! LEt's do this Ladies!!!!!

I am so in! I had a binge free Sunday and Monday!

Let's keep each other accountable. :)

*Katie

Count me in as well!

I did okay last week but I know this week I can do better, I can deffo stop eating two bars of chocolate a night! :P

I'm in!!
It's week 4 now, I'm having a joint party for my 22nd at the beginning of October and I need to keep this up. I can't afford to binge lol

4 Weeks is awesome! WHOO HOO!!

So far so good for me right now.

Had a binge, not unplanned eating or some overeating, but a binge yesterday. It was no where near the worst, prob. closer to the least damage binge, but an absolute binge all the same.

So here I am. I will be checking in every few hours today-- as possible, anyway. Thx chicks :)

Good Afternoon ladies!

Good to hear all the positivitiy!!

I got up really early and went to the Farmer's Market and bought some fresh peaches, lettuce and multigrain bread! Then I went to the asian market and got some Tofu, some rice, and some seasonings.

So I'm all set for the week!

Let's keep it up, Ladies!! Soulsurvivor has to keep going till Oct. And as MissZ says..let's keep each other accountable!

Marina... You can DEFINITELY cut back on the chocolate!

Uniquely... you are doing GREAT!!! WOOHOO KEEP IT UP!!

See everyone tomorrow!

Hey, I'm going to join in this week... since I've been more serious about cutting back my calories, I've been binging a lot more the last few weeks. :( I'm ready to stop!

It seems like every time there's a box or tray of cookies, scones, donuts, or whatever else in the lunch area, I end up eating them until I feel gross. (And it takes A LOT for me to feel bad, I've got a stomach of steel!) Other days, I'll come up with some excuse to go to the vending machine, even though I bring healthy snacks with me every day.

I think one thing that will help is eating more things that I like, so I don't feel deprived. I started eating cereal for breakfast again (1 cup of cheerios with half a banana sliced on it), and sandwiches for lunch... sure, they're not the lowest-calorie or most filling foods, but they're what I WANT. I guess this sort of goes along with that intuitive eating stuff... I've never really looked into it before, just read about it on 3FC.

Well, so far, no binges yesterday... I baked cookies for a picnic tomorrow, but I only ate one (as planned :D). I did take a big spoonful of brown sugar (I have a major sugar problem) but I can't really call 1 spoonful a binge. Just a little slip-up.

Keep up the planning and positive thoughts ladies!

made it thru costco, and 4 other candy serving stores without going hogwild :)

see you all in a few hours ;)

I'm posting this to hold me more accountable and hopefully I'll think of all of your support as I go out this evening.

I'm headed to the movie theater. It's sooo easy to get candy & popcorn & pop and then eat some of my DH's too. Oiy!! It's sooooo off plan and high in sugar and just a ton of crap I don't need. Please think STAY STRONG LIZ vibes for me

Perfect timing for me to see this -- I actually made ANOTHER commitment to myself yesterday regarding this, and am now on Day 2. (That's a pretty big deal for me.)

sending :goodvibes: all over town

I am going to go upstairs now. Really, I would like to make veggie meals for tomorrow and the next day but I do not trust myself to be in or even near the kitchen.

had some compulsive very off plan foods but no binge. want to keep it that way.:p

I did not get anything at the movie theater. However at dinner I ordered a slice of chocolate cake for dessert. UGH I got 1/3 the way through it and just couldn't stomach anymore. As the movie progressed I kept feel worse & worse. By the end my stomach was in knots and I had a raging headache. I think it was the combo of the carbs & sugar that really threw my body for a loop. I'll not be making that mistake again.

So I guess I'm still on the No Binge streak.

liz-- sorry you are feeling like caca-- but you DID IT--you made it past the binge monster :)
you. go. girl :)

I went to sleep as planned but now have no prepared food at work today. brought 2 balance bars and will treat myself to a ridiculously overpriced chopped salad with veg and plain tuna.

have a good day chicks!

Did well yesterday - stuck to my plan for only one homemade mini-cheeseburger and one serving of sweet potato fries at dinner, even though I was still hungry after (my hunger signals are all thrown off from the overeating lately). No binges, or even mistakes! Woohoo!

Today is our department picnic, which means lots and lots of free food and drinks... but I'm determined to make good choices! Especially since I had a bagel this morning. And a tiny chocolate chip cookie at breakfast. :o I'll definitely check in later to report on how I did. The picnic starts at 3pm (don't know what time food is served), and I'll be eating my lunch at about 1:30pm, so hopefully I won't be all that hungry and won't be that tempted by the junk. :D

Mayness, hope the picnic food is littered with ants and not at all tempting.

I am entering an extremly high risk moment. First, I'm hungry. Second I am going home after work and my mother (with whom many of my food issues begin with) is at my house with my children. She will notice that I have put on some weight. Likely she will not mention it but she will notice and I will notice her noticing. Likely she will have brought some type of crapfood into my house_ostensibly for the children. I will fight the urge to binge all freaking night. Motherf******

I know this post seems silly but this is one of my biggies.

Hello! I'm new to this site and was thrilled to find this thread. I am four days binge-free! I was almost binge-free last week, but I had this Nutella attack.

I hope it's okay to post here daily. I love the positive aspect of it... I need positive in my life right now.

Hiya Spicy! Welcome aboard! ALot of us post daily. Helps keep us accountable! We're all pretty positive here! So Post away!!

Kitty... Hope you prevailed! My mother was a driving force with my eating issues. It's hard to break the habits. You are not alone!

Mayness... HOpe you had a GREAT! Time at the picnic!!! And I'm sure you made all the right choices!!

Liz... I get the ickies after too much sugar also... I am Hypoglycemic. The highs are followed by horrible lows... I hope you are feeling better!



Big blip on the Binge Screen today.. So much stress with getting my funding for school straight that I finally caved and ate some icecream. Not quite a binge.. but a definite blip on the radar. And of course I feel like crap now.. it's just not agreeing with me. BLECHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

ok... Back on the Bandwagon!!!!

It is too soon to say I am binge-free today? Two more hours to go and day 1 down!

Thanks, Hotsplashes, for the warm welcome.
WardHog, I'm with you. If I go to bed now, I've accomplished one more binge-free day. Hooray for all of us!

Mayness - can't wait to hear how the picnic went. I've got one Friday afternoon YIKES!

Kittycat - I hope you had a successful evening. Your post didn't sound silly to me one bit, I could totally relate.

SpicyWoman - WELCOME! :) And Mmmmm Nutella... I mean... Nutella is the devil! :lol

Hotsplashes - hope you are feeling better.

Wardhog - Good job on a great day!!

We hosted a game night last night... and I didn't even touch any of the snacks! Go me :)

Hey girls!

The picnic was pretty good. I probably came in right around my maintenance calories for the day. I made some good choices - lots of fruit and veggies, a hamburger (no cheese), only 1 bite of each pasta/potato salad and whatnot that looked good. I ate a tiny brownie (cut one in half) and a 1x1inch square of cheesecake (yum!). I had 2 beers, but at least they were light, and beer always makes me want to eat LESS so I think it helped.

The only real slip-up was right at the end - I knew I was about to leave and panicked at the idea that I would no longer have all that food available and inhaled a small blueberry muffin. :( It sounds so silly... but I'm sure a lot of you can understand what I mean.

I did go home and exercise later - about 30 minutes of strength training and 30 minutes of cardio! And I drank lots of water. And the scale was nice to me today (though that could be from the beer) so I'm feeling very positive and motivated.

Kitty - :hug: how did it go with your mother?

Spicy - welcome! I'm always sort of grateful that I don't like hazelnut, I can imagine nutella would be very tempting. :devil:

Hotsplashes - hopefully you can use that as motivation to skip the ice cream next time!

WardHog - so did you keep up the good work??

Uniquely - sending good thoughts your way for the picnic tomorrow, I'm sure you'll be fine!

Thanks girls,
I had a pleasant surprise when I got home. There was no food brought by mom. And she was so busy hemming my boys' pants she barely looked at me! No official binge but yes to bites, licks and tastes and in general standing and shoving food into my mouth. I did get the veg. soup made so at least I will now have something to eat when feeling ....

TOM is trying to get here. I should have figured this out.

Welcome spicy!

kids coming, gotta hit reply, be back soon!

Good morning! I just know this is going to be a good day! I'm going to surrender to God and walk through another binge-free day.

LOL "walk through..." I don't walk too well as it is, literally. I have a nice purple walker for use in the house and I have a wonderful scooter for shopping and church, etc. I am not letting my abused body stop me, though. I bought a "sit and stroll" so I can exercise my legs and burn a few calories while sitting in my comfy chair. I have just about convinced myself that I like doing that exercise! "Act as if..."

Yes, UniquelyNormal, Nutella is the devil!

Here's hoping today is binge-free for all of us!

Good Morning Ladies!!

Spicy!! I had a shiney red walker when I was first laid up with my back. Good for you for keeping up the good work! And what a great idea on the "sit and stroll"... Any way to keep in shape and burn calories!! You Go Girl!!

Kittykat.. good for you on no binges. When it's TOM.. it' super hard not to binge.. GOOD FOR YOU!! Glad to hear the mom thing went ok. Ohh and Veggie soup!!! Yummmmmmm

MAYNESs~~~ Amazing!!! YOU DID GREAT!!!! All those good choices at the picnic THEN you went home and exercised!! WOOOHOOOOO!!!!! KEep up the great work!!!!

Uniquely!!! NOT ONE SNACK??? WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!! Great Job!!! Taterchips are my weakness.. you have much stronger willpower than I do!!! Great job and keep it up!!!!

Wardhog.. did you make it through the last hour???

Well, today is gtreat! Got on the scale.. down below 185!!! And feeling much better after I got rid of the icecream.. Been eating well all day and plan on keeping it up!!!

Keep up the great work ladies.. and as Spicy said.. I hop we all have a Binge Free Day!!!

Today I passed up some chocolate-frosted brownies sitting in the lunch area... which I walk past whenever I go anywhere outside my lab. It was super tempting at first, especially when I had to stand right next to them to get my morning snack out of the fridge. Luckily after a while I realized they were probably from the picnic yesterday (eww) and they were gone by lunch time anyway. :D

Meanwhile, even though I'm honest-to-goodness hungry this afternoon, I'm holding off until dinner. Like I said in a previous post, my body gets all thrown off when I've been bingeing regularly, and it takes a while for it to learn what a normal amount of food is!

Kitty -- do you follow a recipe for your vegetable soup? I've been wanting to make some healthy soup lately but can't decide on a recipe.

I'm amazed at what great days we're all having so far! We've gotta keep this going!!

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Well, it's almost bedtime and I have had another binge-free day. Sounds like many of you did, too. I'm not sure I could have passed by those brownies without grabbing one!

I read this today: "Our weight loss plan is not a test to fail or pass or a contest to win or lose. It is an ongoing, unfolding creation of the body, mind, and soul." (Joni Woelfel)

That was good for me to read because I can tend to be competitive, which leads to beating myself up if I mess up.

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Ok, ladies, did the yesterday end as well as it started for all of us??

I had an absolutely perfectly on-plan day. The best I've had in years, probably. I did end up choosing to eat a fudgesicle at night because I knew I had room for it in my calories (it was only 60) but otherwise I ate exactly what I planned out ahead of time.

So far this morning I had one mini-scone (planned) at a meeting... it was tempting to take more than one, or to have a mini-muffin or donut hole with it, but I didn't. :D This afternoon there will be MORE tempting food at the weekly friday seminar (usually cookies). At least I'm going home before happy hour (free beer and snacks). It's tough being a grad student and trying to lose weight! :lol:

Unfortunately I'm going out to eat tonight (the worst part of having friends in town to visit), but it's at Chili's so I'll see what nutrition information I can find and make a good choice. And no drinks! :no: And I'll report back to you guys either way.

Hello, Everyone of you binge-free beautiful new friends !

Good idea, Mayness, about checking for nutrition before going out to eat.

I have a busy day today. Lunch with a friend (who comes here on her lunch hour with her bag lunch). Writers Guild this afternoon and a meeting tonight.

Today will be a tricky day for me. When I have lots to do I tend to take short cuts with my food and that is dangerous. So today I have all my meals planned out. Fingers crossed and praying that will make a difference. I'm on day 6 of being binge-free and I like this feeling. Wanna keep it!

I'll check back tonight and let you know how things go today.

Good luck!!!

Hi chicks
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No, I have not fallen off into a deep crevasse! My home computer has a virus. PIA.
Mayness, the soup I made did not have a recipe but I have some some absolutley fab soup rec. here on 3fc. My all time favorite is a brocolli cheese soup that has neufchatel cheese-lower fat cream cheese and salsa in it. If you want I can give you the info.

Food, better, but not pop. More like 50% op. But NO binge.

I am at work today so I'll have time to check back later!

Have a good one, all.

New to this forum: Was horrid Friday and yesterday. Hoping 8/30 can be binge free. So far so good.

Good luck,:cheer2: DogMomNP-

This is Day 8 binge-free for me. I never thought I could make a week. Never have before. Thanks to God for working in my llife today.

The cravings are still with me, but I have been able to direct my mind to other things like reading or doing some postcards at my favorite site--- postcrossing! My little dog has been brushed more in the last 8 days than she has in the past three years! LOL

Spicy:bubbles:

Made it through last night - ready to start over today
 

Last night was really hard. I didn't fall asleep until 5 this morning. I kept getting up, eating, sitting back down, try to do something to take my mind off food, getting up, eating again!

I'm glad things don't feel as bad in the daylight. I'm going to do some Wii Fit today and maybe get myself to the gym. It's scary for me but I really want to get out there & move.:yes:

One good thing - I finally found just the right avatar!

Thanks Spicy! Ha, my dogs could use some brushing. :)

MissKoo: Hang in there. I'm trying to start over today too.....